Police investigate reported rape of 13-year-old Daytona Beach girl

Published: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 1:52 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:24 p.m.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Police are investigating the rape of a 13-year-old girl at an apartment on Martin Luther King Boulevard, a police incident report shows.

Police said the child went to the apartment with a 17-year-old friend. The friend left and as she waited for him to return, a 31-year-old man came to the apartment and raped the girl, police said.

According to the report, police were called about a disturbance at 155 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. at 1:47 a.m. Saturday. When police got to the scene, they saw several people pointing to a man running away in a field.

Officials did not release any information about a suspect.

The mother of the child said she called police after her daughter came home and told her about the sexual assault. She walked to the apartment to confront the man her daughter said attacked her because he had kept her daughter's phone, she said.

“He opened the door and I asked him if he had my little girl's phone and he reached into his pocket and handed it to me,” the mother said. “I asked him what he had done to my daughter and he took off running.”

The News-Journal is not naming the mother to protect the identity of the teen, a possible victim of a sex crime.

Police investigations revealed that the 13-year-old was walking home from a friend's house on Taylor Avenue when she saw her 17-year-old friend. The friend asked the girl if she wanted to hang out with him, police said.

The girl said she would hang out with him but she took her skateboard home first and then went to meet the friend and they went to the apartment on Martin Luther King Boulevard, investigations revealed.

The mother said she saw her daughter come home to leave her skateboard at around 10:20 p.m. Friday and left to go Checker's but thought the child had come home again.

“I found out when she came home late and told me about the rape,” the mother said.

According to police, once they got to the apartment the 17-year-old told the girl he would be back and left. While the girl waited for her friend's return, the suspect came into the apartment, pushed the girl to the ground, took her clothes off and raped her as the girl said no, police said.

After raping the girl for about 30 minutes, the man started beating the child in the face and tried to stab her, investigators said.

The suspect held the child at the apartment but when the girl got an opportunity to escape, she ran from the apartment to her home, police said.

The mother, who moved to the apartments on Martin Luther King Boulevard because the apartment was bigger, said her daughter had to be taken into custody under the state's Baker Act after she made a comment that she was going to harm herself.

Police responding to the apartment also found another male in a bedroom in the apartment with blood all over his face who appeared to have been beaten. The person could not talk because of his condition and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center for treatment, police said. No other details were released about the beating victim.

<p>DAYTONA BEACH -- Police are investigating the rape of a 13-year-old girl at an apartment on Martin Luther King Boulevard, a police incident report shows. </p><p> Police said the child went to the apartment with a 17-year-old friend. The friend left and as she waited for him to return, a 31-year-old man came to the apartment and raped the girl, police said. </p><p> According to the report, police were called about a disturbance at 155 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. at 1:47 a.m. Saturday. When police got to the scene, they saw several people pointing to a man running away in a field. </p><p> Officials did not release any information about a suspect. </p><p> The mother of the child said she called police after her daughter came home and told her about the sexual assault. She walked to the apartment to confront the man her daughter said attacked her because he had kept her daughter's phone, she said. </p><p> “He opened the door and I asked him if he had my little girl's phone and he reached into his pocket and handed it to me,” the mother said. “I asked him what he had done to my daughter and he took off running.” </p><p> The News-Journal is not naming the mother to protect the identity of the teen, a possible victim of a sex crime.</p><p> Police investigations revealed that the 13-year-old was walking home from a friend's house on Taylor Avenue when she saw her 17-year-old friend. The friend asked the girl if she wanted to hang out with him, police said. </p><p> The girl said she would hang out with him but she took her skateboard home first and then went to meet the friend and they went to the apartment on Martin Luther King Boulevard, investigations revealed. </p><p> The mother said she saw her daughter come home to leave her skateboard at around 10:20 p.m. Friday and left to go Checker's but thought the child had come home again. </p><p> “I found out when she came home late and told me about the rape,” the mother said. </p><p> According to police, once they got to the apartment the 17-year-old told the girl he would be back and left. While the girl waited for her friend's return, the suspect came into the apartment, pushed the girl to the ground, took her clothes off and raped her as the girl said no, police said. </p><p> After raping the girl for about 30 minutes, the man started beating the child in the face and tried to stab her, investigators said. </p><p> The suspect held the child at the apartment but when the girl got an opportunity to escape, she ran from the apartment to her home, police said. </p><p> The mother, who moved to the apartments on Martin Luther King Boulevard because the apartment was bigger, said her daughter had to be taken into custody under the state's Baker Act after she made a comment that she was going to harm herself. </p><p> Police responding to the apartment also found another male in a bedroom in the apartment with blood all over his face who appeared to have been beaten. The person could not talk because of his condition and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center for treatment, police said. No other details were released about the beating victim.</p>